Future NRM Programs and Opportunities for Local Government

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Future NRM Programs and Opportunities for Local
Government
Local Government Sustainable Development Beyond
2030. Solutions, Directions and Trends
Conference Sydney, September 2006.

• Angela Shepherd

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Key Future NRM Questions

• Number of programs? Priority areas?
• Level and length of funding?
• State participation?

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What do we know?

• Ministerial announcement November 2007
• Federal Budget May 2007
• NLP and stewardship payments
• Need to increase local government participation

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Local Government Asks

• Adequate framework
• Recognition of framework in high level agreements
• Lower level agreements with state governments, LG
  and regions
• Membership on JSC
• Priority setting, true partnerships, impact on LG
  activities
• Access to funding, alignment of planning
  activities and identification of LG activities
• Continuing capacity building

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Want to know more?

• A number of local government papers are on the
  web at
• www.alga.asn.au/environment
• Or Angela Shepherd
• 02 6122 9433
• angela.shepherd_at_alga.asn.au